MLK's Presidential Run that Wasn't - HISTORY

Martin Luther King Jr. was a hugely influential figure in American life, and surprised many that he never chose to enter the political arena. But he almost did.

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On Ask Steve, the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr. and his assassination was discussed. His connection with the White House was cut off by President Lyndon Johnson because of his lack of support for the Vietnam War. He then went to Memphis. While there he was suppose to speak regarding the separation of the civil rights movement between the efforts of himself and Stokley Carmichael. The differences between the two were their methods, King being non-violent and Carmichael violent. Unfortunately he was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, and we will never know the affect he could have had.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. That same night, Robert F. Kennedy delivered the devastating news of King’s death to a group of African American supporters at a campaign rally. This is audio and video from that event.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson confidently gives his resignation speech as he steps down from the office of the presidency on March 31st of 1968.